Talking Taiwan: Bilingual Podcast and Discrimination That Overseas Taiwanese Experience in Taiwan (Talking with Cindy Wu)
I’m always interested in listening to other podcasts and to learn about Taiwan-related ones. Late last year I heard about the Bilingual aka Bailingguo (百靈果) News Podcast because there was an episode that generated some heated discussion on Forumosa.com, among English-speaking foreigners in Taiwan. Forumosa is an online discussion forum for English-speakers about Taiwan and in full disclosure, they have been a sponsor of Talking Taiwan.
I was wondering what all the controversy was about so I spoke to my friend Cindy about it and this led to a discussion about how foreigners are viewed in Taiwan and oddly enough the discrimination that overseas Taiwanese sometimes experience in Taiwan.
Before recording this episode, I did reach out to get a comment from the hosts of the Bilingual aka Bailingguo (百靈果) News Podcast and to invite them on to Talking Taiwan, but got no response.
Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:
One of the most popular podcasts in Taiwan the 百靈果 (Bailingguo aka Bilingual) News Podcast
How an episode of the 百靈果 (Bailingguo aka Bilingual) News Podcast generated a lot of discussion amongst the English-speaking expat community in an online discussion forum on Forumosa.com
What the discussion on Forumosa.com was about
If the slang term lao wai (老外) that refers to foreigners in Taiwan is insulting
What makes the 百靈果 (Bailingguo aka Bilingual) News Podcast so controversial
How people have compared the style of the hosts of the 百靈果 (Bailingguo aka Bilingual) News Podcast to Joe Rogan and Howard Stern
Why the English-speaking expat community on Forumosa.com were upset by the episode
People’s opinions of the 百靈果 (Bailingguo aka Bilingual) News Podcast
The discrimination that foreigners experience in Taiwan
The discrimination that some overseas Taiwanese experience in Taiwan
Related Links:
The 百靈果 (Bailingguo aka Bilingual) News Podcast: https://www.bailingguonews.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/tw/podcast/%E7%99%BE%E9%9D%88%E6%9E%9C-news/id1106847606
Forumosa.com: https://tw.forumosa.com/
The discussion on Forumosa.com about the 百靈果 (Bailingguo aka Bilingual) News Podcast: https://tw.forumosa.com/t/news-podcast-commenting-on-foreigners-in-taiwan/212187
Joe Rogan: https://www.joerogan.com/
https://open.spotify.com/show/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk?si=a7f69b9109af4dff
Howard Stern: https://www.howardstern.com/
